Description

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5207SW ROW 117
839-1/15/157 (South side)
27/06/53 No.8
Old Merchants House
(Formerly Listed as:
ROW NO 117, The Rows
No.8
Old Merchants House)

II*

Merchant's house. Early C17, bombed 1942 and restored as a
museum 1950-53. Red brick laid in a random bond and with some
flint. Red pantile roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and dormer attic; 3-window range. The
north front has one 6/6 horned sash to the ground floor and 2
to the first floor, all in altered openings. To the right at
first-floor level is a 5-light mullioned window with leaded
glazing. Gabled roof with 2 sloping dormers. Access is via a
later entrance set in the yard to the west. The east gable-end
has a small enclosed yard formed from a boundary wall. The
first floor is lit through a 5-light cross casement, above
which is a rebuilt chimney flue and a 3-light ovolo-moulded
mullioned window right and left lighting the attic. The
internal gable-end stack has a truncated octagonal shaft. The
south side has 2 replaced sashes to the first floor.
INTERIOR: extensive C17 brick cellars. The ground and first
floors have had a passage inserted to the south. The
ground-floor west room has a plaster ceiling, truncated to the
south and east by later partitions. The ceiling is of
geometric pattern with moulded ribs. Circular, square and
petalled fields. The former centre field has a Royal Arms of
James I with the Irish Harp first used in 1603. Floral
low-relief patterning and drop pendants with female figures.
The fireplace has bolection mouldings. Right and left are
strapworked doors with HL and cockshead hinges. The east room
has roll-moulded bridging beams and a staircase with turned
balusters. The first-floor west room has an early C17 plaster
ceiling, truncated to the south and east by inserted
partitions. The partitions have reeded and fluted pilasters.
Geometric patterns formed of moulded ribs. The centrepiece is
an encircled sexfoiled star with the field of floral design.
Jelly-mould drop pendants. Bolection-moulded fireplace. The
roof structure is of upper crucks, principals, 2 tiers of butt
purlins and collars. Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: TG5246207142

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554502

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Recommended Books

• 
  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  For the Record
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)